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SATURDAY^ JUNE 30*1877.
The Vacant Sol icilorship.
The .Supreme Court having ousted
Butt/, Irorii the oflice of Solicitor of
this % Circuit, the people are greatly
interested in the matter of tilling the
vacancy. It is rumored that the
Governor will appoint a person to
the position, and thai such Executive
favor is likely to fall upon the shoul
ders of YV. St. Julien Jervey, Esq.
"Whether Dame Rumor correctly re
presents our honored Chief Magistrate
or not, we are uuahle to say. And as
it is a matter in which our people are
deeply concerned, we are not disposed
t.O receive as correct everything we
hear.
Tlie vacancy occasioned by the
ousting of Mull/, will date from June,
1 5 77. t< November, 1S80, The Ian
guaj ? the Constitution, in relation
to Sol.ii ' r-. reads as follows:
Art. iv. "There shall be
one Solicitor for each Circuit, who
lihall reside (herein,7o be elected by
//? :?? 'elector's of the Circuit, irho
shall ft; ? in office for four years.
Si etion J1 of the same Article of
tin Constitution, referring to vacan
cies in the Siijneiiic Court or other
inferior tribunals says, they "shall be
filled by election as herein prescribed:
Provided, That if the uncxpircd term
does not exceed one year, such vacancy
may be tilled by Executive appoint
incut."
Now, while the Constitution is
silent as to tilling vacancies in the
ofllcc of Solicitor, it ncverlhless
provides thaL there dial! be one
Solicitor for each Circuit who shall be
elected by lite qualified electors of'the
Circuit, and who shall hold his office for
four years. Solicitors belong to the
Judicial Department of the Govern
incut; The Constitution prohibits
ihe Governor from idling vacancies
upon the Bench; except when the
uncxpircd term docs not exceed
twelve months; and it is. the spirit of
that instrument, although iL does not
say so, thai the same doctrine
shall apply to vacancies in llio Solici
tor's oiiiee. The uncxpircd term in
this Circuit is over three years, ami
the electors of the Circuit have a
right to vide upon the question of
filling the vacancy. It is true there
is nil Act in existence giving to the
Governor the appointment of Solici
tors, but if Governor Hampton will
inquire into the spirit which shoved
that special piece of mischief
through the Legislature, we predict
that he will not have a very great
reverence for il. Look at the law
respecting other offices. The Gover
nor may appoint County Commis
sioners whore vacancies occur, provi*
'?? , il.e uncxpircd term does not
exceed oncjear. County Commis
si-.) < is hold (heir offices for only
fwi i ars, yet if a vacancy exists in
lluii depart incut of tho'Coil lily Gov
ernment and the unnxpircd term be
for more than one year, the Execu
tive is dehn rod from filling it by ap
pointment. An election by tlic peo
plc is the only remedy. Now if il
be (ho letter of the law that the
Chief Magistrate cannot fill vacan
cies for over twelve months where
they transpire in an office where the
l< rm i. but for two years then a for
tiori, il would seem that he ought not
to exercise the power of appointing to
uncxpircd terms of over one year,
where tho term of oflicc is for four
years. The remainder of Butiz term
is over three years, as we have already
shown, and it is asked that tho Gover
nor shall fill it hy appointment. Now
if there is one idea that the people
have more than any other with re
spect to the present administration,
it is that a profound regard for law
and tho spirit of tho constitution is its
distinguishing trait. The people
have got it into their heads that they
have a right to vote on tho question
of Solicitor, and will not be easily
persuaded that they are wrong.
Another thing tlioy believe. They
are of opinion that if any credit
is to be given to any body
lor ousting Butt*/ the Orangeburg
Bar is entitled to it. They did not
work for wages,.but if wage.: are to be
considered in Idling the place, they
are not too modest to claim tho hon
or of placing the ball in motion
which .swept Butt/, from oiliec. Char
leston County has had Congressmen
and Solicitors ever since tho war, and
it is time now that our County should
have one Solicitor. Besides, wc have
it from authority that a number of
influential Charles ton i aus are in fav
or of uniting with us upon Col.
DeTievillc. Ami hi-tly, for the
sake of harmony and paace, wo trust
that His Kxcollency, the Governor,
will consider the matter well before
making an appointment, should he so
conclude to do.
m3 . aim
Orangeburg Boys at Wofford Col
lege.
During the present scholastic year,
two young men it out Orangeburg
have made a line impression at Wof
ford College by the .stand made bv
them in Greek and Latin. The gen
tlemen referred to arc Mr. J. II.
Uiicy, brother of Mr. O. B. Riley and
Mr. 1). JO. llydriek, son ot Major J.
II iiydrick. At the beginning of
the your a gold medal was oH'eroJ to
the one who made llie best examina
tion papers in the class of which
these gentlemen were members.
And industry soon glaced the (1.hinge
burg boys in the position of leaders.
They were tested by live written
examinations i fifty pages of Gilder
sleeve's forms, fifty pages Goodwin's
Greek graminer, the entire regular
Greek verb written from memory,
Latin text and Greek text. Three
examinations consumed from two to
live hours. It was required that a
paper be without an error in order to
make one hundred; liberal deductions
lieiug made for evety error. The
following figures were made by llie
leaders of the class :
J. II. RlLKY.
Greek Forms. 99\
Latin Forms. 08i
Greek Verb.100
Latin Text. 08
Greek Ttxt. 00
Total.105
J). K. llynuJCK.
Greek F?rths. .100
Latin Forms.100
Greek Verb.100
Latin Text. 05
Greek Text. 99
Tefal.491
L. Cns.s Carpenter, the rotten
breath ex collector of Internal Reve
nue; was arrested in Columbia on
Wednesday on a charge of forgery,
i\jul held for examination in a bond
of $2,000. Show iip tho mattery
lunged devil, gentlemen of the inves
tigating commit tee: and make him
disgorge his ill-gotten gains. It was
he, in his Daily Union, who hounded
on Chamberlain and Corbin in prose
cuting the Ku-Klrix "in 1870. The
Penitentiary is tho place for him.
For 1880 the papers say llendricks
for President and Hampton for Vice
President. We arc willing but would
like to sec the names of the candi
dates; reversed.
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John B. Hubhurd was committed
to Jail in Columbia in default of
S/iOO bail on Tuesday.
An Executive Order to all Offi
cials
Requiring Them to Attend to their
Duties, and hot Meddle With Polities.
The President last Saturday caus
ed n copy of the following to he sent
to till employed in the civil service of
the Govcrhinont :
Exkcutive Mansion j
washington Juno 22, 1877, \
Sin: I desire to call your attention
to the following paragraph in a letter
addressed by me to the Secretary of
the General Government in relation
to the elections :
"No oflicer should be required or
permitted to take part in the manage
ment of political organization, can
cusses, conventions or election cam -
paigns. Their right to vole and to
express their views on public ques
tions, either orally or through the
press is not denied, provided it does
not interfere with the discharge of
their ollicial duties. No assessment
for political purposes on officers or
.subordinates should he allowed."
This rule is applicable to every
Department of the civil service. It
should be understood by every officer
of the Gchcral Government that, he
is expected to conform bis conduct to
its requirements.
Very respectfully, v?
11. 11. Hayes.
The foregoing order is but an ex
tension of the President's New York
custom house letter to all the de
partments of the Government, and
it is said to have received the unani
mous approval of the Cabinet. Jt i-<
understood that it will be strictly en
forced, and that in consequence many
political workers will have to retire
tire from the arena of polities and
behave themselves or give up their
ofliccs. It is thought that they will
quit polities and hang to the official
teat.
This order has excited considerable
speculation ass to what its practical
eileet will be, especially in a Stale
which, like Ohio, is j.ist entering on
an inij ortsiiit campaign. 11
will displace from the chairmanship
of the Kedubliean Stato Central
Committee A. T. YVikoff, who is one
of the most t fiiciont workers in his
parly in Ohio, where it is admitted on
all hands that the 'election will be a
close one. The President has issued
this oriler with a full understanding
of the fact that it will affect the in
terests ol his party unfavorably, but
with him the necessity for reform
seems to outweigh all other consid
erations.
It is expected that by prohibiting
Federal office-holders from partici
pating active!)' in political cam
paigns their efficiency and populari
ty as public officers will be greatly
improved, and that they wild hehec
j forth regard themselves as the ex
clusive servants of the public. It is
felt that the enforcement of this order
will require much firmness and per
scycrciicc, Ihr it will not be an easy
thing to induce the men who have
long been accustomed to manipulate
parties to retire from the leadership
and take a back seat. It is, neverthe
U.-s, to be the firm intention of the
President to have the order strictly
observed, and it will be regarded as
a sullicicnt cause for immediate re
moval if any oflicer' high or low, is
found taking an active part in poli
tics.
In addition to Gen. Wikoif, chair
man of the Ohio Republican Central
Committee, this order will require
tin; resignation from political com
mittees of Assistant Secretary Mc
Cormick, who is secretary of tho Ro
I publican National Committee; A. 13.
Cornell, naval oflicer at New York,
wlio is chairman of the New York
State Committee: "Ross" Kcycs,
chairman of the Wisconsin Republi
can Committee, who is post master at
Madison.
Post Masters at the South who arc
obnoxious to our people should bo
watched closely, and if any of them
arc caught dabbling in poli
tics the mailer should bo at once
reported to the President, and accep
table men recommended to fill their
places.
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Tho Gallows and the Mollie-Ma
guires
Eleven of these men were hung in
Pennsylvania on Ilm 1-lth ins I., ten
of whom died hy strangulation. Tho
average time in choking the breath
out of the wretched culprits t he mails
tell us was twelve minute?, according
to tho time-pieces of the attending
physicians. But who can tell the
duration of twelve minutes to the
miserable creatures who were dang
ling in the air with the rope gnawing
into their flesh, and who were gasp
ing desperately for that breath of
dear lifo which was slowly departing
from their bodies?departing forever ?
Capital punishment is essentially nc
j eessary for the protection of society,
and the experience of mankind,
through long a<'es, so attests; but is
it not a stigma upon the civiliz?
unt ion and. enlightenment of tho
nintccnth century that the gallows,
that heritage of a barbarous and
cruel epoch in the world's history,
! should still exist among us? Is it the
mau tier of putting condemned mur
derers to death that i? relitd 14)00 ti
the antidote against capital crimes?
Docs the law intend to prevent fur
ther murders by holding upas a part
of the awful example the prolonged
sufferings and excruciating agony of
its victims? If so there are many
more forms of death much more tor
rible than that of hanging. Broiling
on the stake, or cutting up the body,
member by member, or throwing it
from a 11 elevation so as to dash it
to pieces, or breaking the
body on a wheel, or tying the arms
and legs to In rv horses, starting the
animals in dill rent directions, aud
count less other ways, beside which
banging seems a luxury, would ans
wer the purpose much more effective
ly than (he rope. II] cruelty is tobe
a cohc?niitantolcapii.il punishment,
then let US substitute for the-gallows
(lie most cruel and horrible form bi
deiith that can be devised. Let the
.inventive genius of the nation be
consulted, and let the poison w ho out
strips his fellows in designing the
most cruel and barbarous form of
capital punishment, such as would
have filled tho heart of Nero with de
light, be paid a royalty for each execu
tion, aud after the inventor's death
let the royalty extend to his children
and his children's children forever !
But the law expressly disclaims all
intention of being cruel or vindictive.
On the contrary, it professes to be
both humane and merciful. It points
proudly to its maxims, "Better that
J twenty guilty ones escape than that
j one innocent suffer." "All arc pre
sumed innocent until proven guilty."
It guards with such jealous aud rigid
care the rights of all accused persons,
particularly those, charged with capi
tal offenses, that it really discrimi
nates in their favor, and many guilty
poisons have frequently been enabled
to escape through mere technicalities.
It proudly points to its considerate
regard for the spiiituttl welfare of the
most depraved and abandoned crimi
nals after conviction, affording them
ample time and opportunity for re
pentance and preparation. If such
I arc tho law's principles why subject
a human being to a process by which
he suffers indescribable agony for a
period ranging from twelve to twenty
minutes before the soul leaves the
body, when the .same object can be
accomplished in Ass than one second ?
Against death by shooting and the
guillotine, tho objection is ad
vanced that it is attended by the spill
ing of blood, and the sight of human
blood might shock the sensibilities of
delicate officials whose duty it is to
execute the mandates of the law. For
instance, our own clever sheriff.
What net vine is there that would lit
him for shooting a helpless murderer
or manipulating the fatal guillotine?
Non*.:. But joking aside, there are
many tender hearted she rills, and wo
should respect their feelings, but
still shooting or cutting off the heads
of murderers by them would be an
easier death for the unfortunate vic
tims than that by hanging, and wc
earnestly hope that sonic practical
philanthropist will take the matter
in hand and cause the gallows to be
remanded to tho company of the
other cruel instruments of human
torture that were long ago discarded 1
by civilized man as a disgrace to an
enlightened and progressive people.
Chamberlain Wanted.
Governor Ilampt n Getting Down to the
True Inwardness of the South Carolina
Ciirpet-lihg Commission.
Washington. D. C, June 22d.
Tho visit of Governor Hamplon to
New York has more significance than
has yet appeared on the surface. His
mission is two*fold : First, he goes
to negotiate a loan among the capi
talists for the payment of interest on
the Stale debt, ami second, he is
interested in securing the personal
presence of ex -Governor Chamberlain
in South Carolina. The. Special
Committee appointed by the Legisla
ture of that Stale to investigate the
rascalities of tho Sinking Fund ami
Land Commissions, which operated
extensively in Stale funds, has driven,
a bargain with one of the thieves
named Nilcs G. Parker, The terms
of the compact arc that Parker shall
go free of criminal prosecution if he
tells all he knows about the swindle,
lie was State Treasurer when Scott
was Govern er, Chamberlain Attorney
General and IT. II. Kamp ton Finan
cial Agent. These men were all more
or less implicated in the crook jd pur
ch sc of worthless 'swamp lands for
8750,000, and this is what Chamber
lain will be called on In explain.
Parker has submitted Iiis evidence,
and Attorney General Connor has
j consented to bring ho criminal pro?
! cecdings, and now it is all-important
j to have l hainberlaiii on the.ground
I to stand his catechism. Th 'committee
I has already sent him summons to be
i present, but he ha.- paid .no attention
to them. Governor 11 .itnpto i bos
I had an understanding with Qover
! nor Kobinsbn, of New York. After
displaying the evidence given by
I'arker, and when the proper lime
comes, a requisition for Chamberlain
from Governor Hampton will be duly
hon >red. I'arker i.- now in business
at Newark, X. .1 lie walked oil with
a barrel of money fro n the State
vault of South Carolina an I has tir
ned Sta'.e evidence against Iiis part
ners under promise of protection.
Mothers will grow weary and sigh
over the responsibility that Baby
places upon them, but they have the
high privilege of shaping a character
for usefulness. The exercise of pati
ence ami the preservation of Baby's
health by the proper use ol Dr. Lull's
Baby Syrup will gLo them great pro-"
sent comfort ami prspective liappi -
lies?. 25 cents per bottle.
dkntisTry
Dr. Ii. S. Wolfe can he found at Idsoffice
over Iv/elvict's Store where he is prepared
lo execute work on loo must improved
styles, at short notice and at reasonable
prices' All work quaranteed.
.jutic 30 tf.
STATE ?p SOUTH CAROLINA,
OnAxoK(u:ii(i C??xty,
In Trial Justice's Court, lU'fore .1. Felder
Meyers, ISsq., Trial .Justice.
J. II. Schachte
Plaint id'
against
.1. M. Thompson
Defendant.
Hy virtue of a Judgment and Kxe:uliou
in the above entitled ease, 1 have levied on
the I loose and Lot on market St. in the
Town of Orangeb'tirg in the County and
State aforesaid, now occupied by said de
fendant, and shall proceed to sell all tho
right, title ami interest of the said J. .M.
Thompson in> and to the said premises, at
Public Auction, for Cash, at the door of the
Court IIou.se in the Town ol' Oraiigchiirg
aforesaid, on Sales day in August, A. I).
1ST7, at I'i o'clock M.
(J. W. BAXTER,
Special Constable.
June tip _ ot
DeTreville & He ward
ATTORNEYS A N D COUNSELLORS
AT LAW
Orangelmrjr V. II., S. C.
B-r?"' Will practice in the vuvioil? Court?
of {lie State
W. J- DeTreville, James S- Hcyward
juhc 'j;'? if
AlJlA^i LATHROP,
ATTORN BY AT LAW,
Oran^el-nii*^, S- C
??2?" Oflico in rear of Masonic Hall.
March 3 -y?
FOlt SALE. ,
A fine ''Grade Merino I Juck" 3 years old
took 2nd Premium :it llie County fair in 1875
Sheared tM lb*, wool this spring. Price
Sit). For further particulars enquire :it
this office.
june 133 " (f.
Notice of r>ismissal.
Notice ., hereby given hat I shullonc
month from date tile my final account with
the Honorable Judge of Probate for Orange
burg County, and ask for letters of Di.sinisHal
as Gttardain of Ned Avinger.
A P AVINGER.
Guard inn
june 23 41
Sheriff's Sales.
Hy virtue of a warrant on lien to me di
rected 1 will sell to the highest bidder for
cash, at the plantation of Mrs. Jane M.
faster j in in the Fork (if Edisto, on Tuesday
the thin! day of .July next, about twenty
('20) bushels corn, seized as crop of Corne
lius Levy, under warrant in lien to Mrs.
Jane M, Kosterliri,
Sheriffs Olliee ")
Orangeburg Countv, Lj II LIVINGSTON,
June 18th, 1877. J S O 0
SHERIFFS SALES."
E. Valentino Shell
against
Montreville Wails. .1. Phillip Sain, J. W.-il
laee Cannon and The Saint I'aul and Ma
rine Insurance Company.
Foreclosure.
P.y virtue of tho Judgment herein, Twill
sell at Orngeburg 0. II., on t!ie first Mon
day in July next, during the legal hours of
sale,
All that lot of la' d, situate in the town of
Howesville containing one and 28-13 acre?,
measuring t'so hundred and ten feet front
on street, an 1 hounded on the North
by lands of J ude Itobinson. oil the East liy
by lot of 10. V . Sncll, on the .South by
street and on the West bv lot o?" Dukes and
MetM, its laid down on pint made by T. F.
liar ton and annexed to deed of conveyance
of said lot from E. V. Shell to Wall* and
Sain bchting date, December 23rd 1873
Terms cash, purehascr to pay for
paper.-: and recording. <ffSZI
S erilPs Office 1 J. II. LIVINGSTON
Oran oburg Couhtv [? S. ?. C.
.July C Ist 1S77 * ' J
I tine 12 * %
The Daniol Pratt Gin Co.
op- pit a its villi-; ala.
Are manui't ttnring the Culebrittetl
?'.IXoiiel Pratt Cotton < with 11-*veilv?
intf Hea l- aitd au d lju lab!? seed hourly
which are iiiip.'cjvuniuittsj patented l?* ilw ti
hi-July isv:!.
Any tirdinary plantation hand can fectl
thvst?t?ns, an ! i'iey will i mi; more lint
in th'j same tin - t!i.r*i i iv oilier < ?in, and
Uy the ii-? the udju-Mhle j?red inurd*,
which cm be a l)ii-Uo I while the <? in \*
running, they em be made to pick tho
seed much cleaner titan any other I Sin.
'the ^xp-'rien-'e of every pi i u r wholia>
used tliciii, shows that these (?ins will not
eh.?ke, n >:? cot the ro'l '>-? b;o'?<>:i by I'ocd
iug ii ai! >; ?ber in lb s vent.-ror a: the end*
of tlieeoltiin !i ix.
\\'m aiv pi'ep u ? 1 i i pi ive liy m my let
ter, in o ir olliee. written by parties w!o?
have used these trios lor the past four ?saj?
sotw, that our convietioiis of tin' wonderfully
increased cileelivehess and value of the Ke
v?lving Head Gin has been correct, and wo
are confident we can, without tear or denial
e'.aim. that no other tiitu e.in compute with
it iii qtialile, capueitv^ or advantages olnnv
i kind.
Parties wanting our Gins can apply to
J. ('. Pike? Co., Orangeburg C. 11., S.O.,
II. P. Mays, M iysvPie, S. C., Dr. J. M.
Hunter, Tiniinonsville, S. C. J. I). McLucan
Mai i.n "'. II. S. ?'.
Who are our agents for the sale of our
Gins and sell at our .prices;.
DANIEL PKAfT GIN CO.
PrattsviUe Ala
June 12th 1877 \
italic 2:1 4m
NOTICE TO PURCHASERS.
OFFlCli OF CO. COMMISSIONER'S:
OaANCiKIti'ItO Cot'NTY, ti. C.
J line 2d, 1877.
The Board of County Commissioner's
offer-! for sale, the foar Room*, on North
side of Court .If?iiie for approved County
Claim-, the former purchaaari having failed1
to cutnjdy wiih ilie terms ofsale. Tho
tiriie to he .- >M oh s.tV-day in July next.
A i.S )
All the fencing around ihc Court House
oh same conditions as ibove*
Uy Order of tho Hoard.
?EO. ROLTVKR,
Clerk of hoard,
june 9 4t
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
OFFICE OF CO. COMMISSIONER'S,
OllANOEBUno COUNRYi
0:: i s-GKUl! ito, May l^lh 1877.
The Rebuilding of Four Holes Bridge
and Foot Way on Five Notch Uoad across
Four Hole Swamp, will be sold to thc'low^ '
Cft bidder at 12 o'clock M., on Thursday y
June 23th.
Ah ) the Rridgc on Iltdf Way Sffarapon
linger Ho ad will te sold to the lowest
bidder at 12 uVoek M. on Friday, Juhb'
20th.
A'so the Unbuilding (?f Shillings KridgCy
on ihc North Edisto River will be sold t?
the lowest bidder on Saturday, June 23rd?,
at 12 o'clock M.
Hy Order of the Hoard of County Com*
missioners. -i
GEO. RO LIVER,
Clerk.
j tine 2
?it